What Happened in 1985 — Events, Births & Deaths

The first British mobile phone call is made by Michael Harrison to his father Sir Ernest Harrison, chairman of Vodafone.

Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 crashes into Mount Illimani in Bolivia, killing all 29 aboard.

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launches Sakigake, Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft and the first deep space probe to be launched by any country other than the United States or the Soviet Union.

Sandinista Daniel Ortega becomes president of Nicaragua and vows to continue the transformation to socialism and alliance with the Soviet Union and Cuba.

A passenger train plunges into a ravine in Ethiopia, killing 428 in the worst railroad disaster in Africa.

Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashes near Reno–Tahoe International Airport in Reno, Nevada, killing 70 people.

Supergroup USA for Africa (United Support of Artists for Africa) records the hit single We Are the World, to help raise funds for Ethiopian famine relief.

Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years.

Hezbollah is founded.

William J. Schroeder becomes the first recipient of an artificial heart to leave the hospital.

A Boeing 727 operating as Iberia Flight 610 crashes Mount Oiz in Spain, killing 148; it is the deadliest accident to occur in Iberia's history and the deadliest to occur in Basque County.

China Airlines Flight 006 experiences an aircraft upset over the Pacific Ocean, injuring 24.

The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers.

A magnitude 8.3 earthquake strikes the Valparaíso Region of Chile, killing 177 and leaving nearly a million people homeless.

The Food and Drug Administration approves a blood test for HIV infection, used since then for screening all blood donations in the United States.

Registration of the Filipino megachurch Christ's Commission Fellowship with the Philippine government, months after its first worship service in August 1984.

A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills 80 and injures 200 others.

Mikhail Gorbachev is elected to the position of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, making Gorbachev the USSR's de facto, and last, head of state.

Associated Press newsman Terry Anderson is taken hostage in Beirut; he is not released until December 1991.

Serial killer Richard Ramirez, aka the "Night Stalker", commits the first two murders in his Los Angeles murder spree.

Libby Riddles becomes the first woman to win the 1,135-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.

Canadian paraplegic athlete and humanitarian Rick Hansen begins his circumnavigation of the globe in a wheelchair in the name of spinal cord injury medical research.

Sudanese President Gaafar Nimeiry is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Field Marshal Abdel Rahman Swar al-Dahab.

Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-51D to deploy two communications satellites.

Two hundred ATF and FBI agents lay siege to the compound of the white supremacist survivalist group The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord in Arkansas; the CSA surrenders two days later.

University of California, Riverside 1985 laboratory raid: Animal Liberation Front rescues 467 animals being tested in a lab at University of California, Riverside in Riverside, California, causing $700,000 in damages to the laboratory, in advocacy for animal rights.

The compound of the militant group The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord surrenders to federal authorities in Arkansas after a two-day government siege.

Coca-Cola changes its formula and releases New Coke. The response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market in less than three months.

Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on STS-51-B.

Ronald Reagan visits the military cemetery at Bitburg and the site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where he makes a speech.

Fifty-six spectators die and more than 200 are injured in the Bradford City stadium fire.

Police bomb MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, killing six adults and five children, and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.

Radio Martí, part of the Voice of America service, begins broadcasting to Cuba.

Bangladesh is hit by a tropical cyclone and storm surge, which kills approximately 10,000 people.

Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.

Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.

United States–Canada tornado outbreak: Forty-one tornadoes hit Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, leaving 76 dead.

The grave of "Wolfgang Gerhard" is opened in Embu, Brazil; the exhumed remains are later proven to be those of Josef Mengele, Auschwitz's "Angel of Death"; Mengele is thought to have drowned while swimming in February 1979.

Five member nations of the European Economic Community sign the Schengen Agreement establishing a free travel zone with no border controls.

Space Shuttle program: STS-51-G mission: Space Shuttle Discovery launches carrying Sultan bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, the first Arab and first Muslim in space, as a payload specialist.

Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.

Braathens SAFE Flight 139 is hijacked on approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Special forces arrest the hijacker and there are no fatalities.

A terrorist bomb explodes at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, killing two and injuring four. An hour later, the same group detonates a second bomb aboard Air India Flight 182, bringing the Boeing 747 down off the coast of Ireland killing all 329 aboard.

Thirty-nine American hostages from the hijacked TWA Flight 847 are freed in Beirut after being held for 17 days.

Boris Becker becomes the youngest male player ever to win Wimbledon at age 17.

The Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is bombed and sunk in Auckland harbour by French DGSE agents, killing Fernando Pereira.

An Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-154 stalls and crashes near Uchkuduk, Uzbekistan (then part of the Soviet Union), killing all 200 people on board in the USSR's worst-ever airline disaster.

The Live Aid benefit concert takes place in London and Philadelphia, as well as other venues such as Moscow and Sydney.

Vice President George H. W. Bush becomes the Acting President for the day when President Ronald Reagan undergoes surgery to remove polyps from his colon.

The Val di Stava dam collapses, killing 268 people in Val di Stava, Italy.

The government of Aruba passes legislation to secede from the Netherlands Antilles.

Space Shuttle Challenger launches on STS-51-F. The shuttle ends up in a lower orbit than planned due to an engine failure during ascent.

Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137.

Takao Doi, Mamoru Mohri and Chiaki Mukai are chosen to be Japan's first astronauts.

Japan Air Lines Flight 123, a Boeing 747, crashes into Osutaka ridge in Gunma Prefecture, Japan, killing 520, becoming the worst single-plane air disaster.

Signing of the Assam Accord, an agreement between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement to end the movement.

The 1985–86 Hormel strike begins in Austin, Minnesota.

British Airtours Flight 28M suffers an engine fire during takeoff at Manchester Airport. The pilots abort but due to inefficient evacuation procedures 55 people are killed, mostly from smoke inhalation.

Hans Tiedge, top counter-spy of West Germany, defects to East Germany.

Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808 crashes near Auburn/Lewiston Municipal Airport in Auburn, Maine, killing all eight people on board including peace activist and child actress Samantha Smith.

Major General Muhammadu Buhari, Chairman of the Supreme Military Council of Nigeria, is ousted from power in a coup d'état led by Major General Ibrahim Babangida.

Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-51-I to deploy three communication satellites and repair a fourth malfunctioning one.

The wreck of the Titanic is discovered by an American-French expedition led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel.

Sri Lankan Civil War: Sri Lankan Tamil politicians and former MPs M. Alalasundaram and V. Dharmalingam are shot dead.

The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.

Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105 crashes near Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, killing all 31 people on board.

Moimenta-Alcafache train crash, the worst railway accident to occur in Portugal.

Super Mario Bros. is released in Japan for the NES, which starts the Super Mario series of platforming games.

Penang Bridge, the longest bridge in Malaysia, connecting the island of Penang to the mainland, opens to traffic.

A strong earthquake kills thousands and destroys about 400 buildings in Mexico City.

Tipper Gore and other political wives form the Parents Music Resource Center as Frank Zappa, John Denver, and other musicians testify at U.S. Congressional hearings on obscenity in rock music.

Three civilians killed by alleged supporters of the Palestine Liberation Organization in Larnaca yacht killings.

Israel-Palestinian conflict: Israel attacks the Palestine Liberation Organization's Tunisia headquarters during Operation Wooden Leg.

The Space Shuttle Atlantis makes its maiden flight, carrying two DSCS-III Satellites on STS-51-J.

The Free Software Foundation is founded.

Seven Israeli vacationers, including four children, are killed in a mass shooting at Ras Burqa in the Sinai Peninsula by an Egyptian soldier.

Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London.

The Mameyes landslide kills almost 200 people in Puerto Rico.

Four men from the Palestine Liberation Front hijack the MS Achille Lauro off the coast of Egypt.

US Navy aircraft intercept an Egyptian airliner carrying the perpetrators of the Achille Lauro hijacking, and force it to land in Italy.

The Australian government returns ownership of Uluru to the local Pitjantjatjara Aboriginals.

Major General Samuel K. Doe is announced as the winner of the first multi-party election in Liberia.

Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off for mission STS-61-A, its final successful mission.

Colombian conflict: leftist guerrillas of the 19th of April Movement seize control of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá.

Garry Kasparov, 22, of the Soviet Union, becomes the youngest World Chess Champion by beating fellow Soviet Anatoly Karpov.

A Dassault Falcon 50 and a Piper PA-28 Cherokee collide in mid-air over Fairview, New Jersey, killing six people and injuring eight.

The volcano Nevado del Ruiz erupts and melts a glacier, causing a lahar (volcanic mudslide) that buries Armero, Colombia, killing approximately 23,000 people.

Xavier Suárez is sworn in as Miami's first Cuban-born mayor.

A research assistant is injured when a package from the Unabomber addressed to a University of Michigan professor explodes.

The Anglo-Irish Agreement is signed at Hillsborough Castle by British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Irish Taoiseach Garret FitzGerald.

The first comic of Calvin and Hobbes is published in ten newspapers.

Cold War: In Geneva, U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.

Pennzoil wins a US$10.53 billion judgment against Texaco, in the largest civil verdict in the history of the United States, stemming from Texaco executing a contract to buy Getty Oil after Pennzoil had entered into an unsigned, yet still binding, buyout contract with Getty.

Police in Baling, Malaysia, lay siege to houses occupied by an Islamic sect of about 400 people led by Ibrahim Mahmud.

Microsoft Windows 1.0, the first graphical personal computer operating environment developed by Microsoft, is released.

United States Navy intelligence analyst Jonathan Pollard is arrested for spying after being caught giving Israel classified information on Arab nations. He is subsequently sentenced to life in prison.

Gunmen hijack EgyptAir Flight 648 en route from Athens to Cairo. When the plane lands in Malta, Egyptian commandos storm the aircraft, but 60 people die in the raid.

A Soviet Air Force Antonov An-12 is shot down near Menongue in Angola's Cuando Cubango Province, killing 21.

Space Shuttle program: Atlantis launches on STS-61-B, with Rodolfo Neri Vela becoming the first Mexican astronaut.

The South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, the regional intergovernmental organization and geopolitical union in South Asia, is established.

Arrow Air Flight 1285R, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 people on board, including 236 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division.

Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.

Aeroflot Flight 101/435 is hijacked to China by its first officer.

Pope John Paul II announces the creation of World Youth Day.

Palestinian guerrillas kill eighteen people inside the airports of Rome, Italy, and Vienna, Austria.

Robert Nilsson, Canadian-Swedish ice hockey player

Dennis Dixon, American football player

Joe Flacco, American football player

Jayde Herrick, Australian cricketer

San E, South Korean rapper

Dong Fangzhuo, Chinese footballer

Doutzen Kroes, Dutch model and actress

Yevgeny Lukyanenko, Russian pole vaulter

Aselefech Mergia, Ethiopian runner

Jeff Samardzija, American baseball and football player

Brent Celek, American football player

Hwang Jung-eum, South Korean actress

Tina Karol, Ukrainian singer and Eurovision Song Contest 2006 contestant

Acie Law, American basketball player

Hartley Sawyer, American actor

Michael Trevino, American actor

Patrick Willis, American football player

Ruben Amorim, Portuguese footballer and manager

Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player

Isabel Lucas, Australian actress and model

Rag'n'Bone Man, English singer-songwriter

Angela Fong, Canadian wrestler and actress

Andrei Kostitsyn, Belarusian ice hockey player

Lloyd Johansson, Australian rugby player

Laurence Maroney, American football player

Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese footballer

Fallulah, Danish singer-songwriter

Petra Cetkovská, Czech tennis player

Jeremy Davis, American bass player and songwriter

Konstantin Pushkaryov, Kazakhstani ice hockey player

Somdev Devvarman, Indian tennis player

J. R. Giddens, American basketball player

Kwak Ji-min, South Korean actress

Al Montoya, American ice hockey player

Serkan Kırıntılı, Turkish footballer

Anders Jacobsen, Norwegian ski jumper

Killian Dain, Northern Irish wrestler

Ryan Sweeney, American baseball player

Julia Volkova, Russian singer and actress

Hamer Bouazza, Algerian footballer

Georgios Printezis, Greek basketball player

Zach Roerig, American actor

Fernando Llorente, Spanish footballer

Cameron Prosser, Australian swimmer

Maria Ohisalo, Finnish politician and researcher

Brent Burns, Canadian ice hockey player

Jesse Litsch, American baseball player

Paul Bissonnette, Canadian ice hockey player

Daniel Vázquez Evuy, Equatoguinean footballer

Cassandra Fairbanks, American journalist and activist

Stelios Malezas, Greek footballer

Greg Olsen, American football player and commentator

Mayola Biboko, Belgian footballer

Jakob Fuglsang, Danish cyclist

Justin Masterson, American baseball player

Kelli Waite, Australian swimmer

Carmen Rasmusen, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and actress

Diana Rennik, Estonian figure skater

Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer

Daniel Murphy, American baseball player

Beth Tweddle, English gymnast

Ryan Hamilton, Canadian ice hockey player

Luol Deng, Sudanese-English basketball player

Nate Diaz, American mixed martial artist

Brendon Leonard, New Zealand rugby player

Katerina Stikoudi, Greek singer, actress, TV host, model, businesswoman, former champion swimmer and beauty pageant titleholder.

Taye Taiwo, Nigerian footballer

Rooney Mara, American actress

Luke Mitchell, Australian actor and model

Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, French tennis player

Łukasz Fabiański, Polish footballer

John Isner, American tennis player

Meselech Melkamu, Ethiopian runner

Lily Allen, English singer-songwriter and actress

Kyle Busch, American race car driver (died 2026)

Ashley Harkleroad, American tennis player

Sarah Hughes, American figure skater

Ezequiel Lavezzi, Argentinian footballer

Ravi Bopara, English cricketer

Fernandinho, Brazilian footballer

Jamie Adenuga, English MC and rapper

Emanuele Giaccherini, Italian footballer

P. J. Tucker, American basketball player

J Balvin, Colombian singer-songwriter and producer

Tommaso Ciampa, American wrestler

Ryan Getzlaf, Canadian ice hockey player

Farah Jacquet, Belgian politician

Jon Schofield, English canoe racer

Dustin Lynch, American singer-songwriter

Sam Perrett, New Zealand rugby league player

Zack Ryder, American wrestler

Teófilo Gutiérrez, Colombian footballer

Derek Hough, American actor, singer, and dancer

Christine Nesbitt, Canadian speed skater

Todd Redmond, American baseball player

Matt Ryan, American football player

Oliver Sin, Hungarian painter

Henrique Sereno, Portuguese footballer

Malakai Black, Dutch professional wrestler

Chris Froome, Kenyan-English cyclist

Brendon Goddard, Australian footballer

Luciana Abreu, Portuguese singer and actress

Demba Ba, Senegalese footballer

Monika Christodoulou, Greek singer-songwriter and guitarist

Ashley Vincent, English footballer

Colbie Caillat, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Igor Kurnosov, Russian chess player (died 2013)

Igor Lewczuk, Polish footballer

Aaron Volpatti, Canadian ice hockey player

Jordy Nelson, American football player

Dinesh Karthik, Indian cricketer

Nick Young, American basketball player

Sam Young, American basketball player

Rhett Bomar, American football player

Miyuki Sawashiro, Japanese voice actress and singer

Papiss Cissé, Senegalese footballer

Łukasz Piszczek, Polish footballer

Leon Botha, South African painter and DJ (died 2011)

Anna-Lena Grönefeld, German tennis player

Jeremy Abbott, American figure skater

Ekaterina Bychkova, Russian tennis player

Sebastian Larsson, Swedish footballer

Drew McIntyre, Scottish professional wrestler

Becky Sauerbrunn, American footballer; twice a winner of the FIFA Women's World Cup, also an Olympic gold medallist

Alexandre Despatie, Canadian diver, twice Olympic silver 3m springboard silver medallist

Richard Kahui, New Zealand rugby player

Sonam Kapoor, Indian model and actress

Sebastian Telfair, American basketball player

Richard Chambers, Irish rower

Celina Jade, Hong Kong-American actress

Kaia Kanepi, Estonian tennis player

Dane Nielsen, Australian rugby league player

Andy Schleck, Luxembourger cyclist

Vasilis Torosidis, Greek footballer

Brad Jacobs, Canadian curler

Dave Franco, American actor

Blake Ross, American computer programmer, co-created Mozilla Firefox

Sam Thaiday, Australian rugby league player and sportscaster

Kendra Wilkinson, American model, actress, and author

Oleg Medvedev. Russian luger

Ashley Nicole Black, American comedian, actress, and writer

Ai Miyazato, Japanese golfer

José Ernesto Sosa, Argentinian footballer

Dire Tune, Ethiopian runner

Thomas Leuluai, New Zealand rugby league player

Marcel Reece, American football player

Diego Alves Carreira, Brazilian footballer

Tom Kennedy, English footballer

Nate Myles, Australian rugby league player

Vernon Philander, South African cricketer

Yukina Shirakawa, Japanese model

Karim Matmour, Algerian footballer

Phil Bardsley, English footballer

Quintin Demps, American football player

Trevor Ariza, American basketball player

Michael Phelps, American swimmer

Cody Rhodes, American wrestler

Fabiana Vallejos, Argentinian footballer

Chad Henne, American football player

Ashley Tisdale, American actress, singer, and producer

Kane Tenace, Australian footballer

Dimitrios Mavroeidis, Greek basketball player

Wason Rentería, Colombian footballer

Ranveer Singh, Indian film actor

Marc Stein, German footballer

Paweł Korzeniowski, Polish swimmer

Ashley Young, English footballer

Park Chu-young, South Korean footballer

B. J. Crombeen, American ice hockey player

Mario Gómez, German footballer

Funda Oru, Belgian politician

Trell Kimmons, American sprinter

Darrelle Revis, American football player

Phoebe Waller-Bridge, English actress and screenwriter

Mārtiņš Kravčenko, Latvian basketball player

Loui Eriksson, Swedish ice hockey player

Neil McGregor, Scottish footballer

Tom Cullen, Welsh actor and director

Tessa Bonhomme, Canadian ice hockey player and sports broadcaster

Patrice Bergeron, Canadian ice hockey player

Aries Merritt, American hurdler

Lukáš Rosol, Czech tennis player

Marcus Benard, American football player

Gaël Clichy, French footballer

Audrey De Montigny, Canadian singer-songwriter

Husain Abdullah, American football player

Mathieu Debuchy, French footballer

Dustin Milligan, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

Okinoumi Ayumi, Japanese sumo wrestler

Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer

Jonatan Maidana, Argentine footballer

Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player

Chris Guccione, Australian tennis player

Daniel Fredheim Holm, Norwegian footballer

Daniel Ciofani, Italian footballer

Rémy Di Gregorio, French cyclist

Georgina Haig, Australian actress

Brent Kutzle, American bass player and producer

Crystal Bowersox, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Robbie Findley, American soccer player

Mark Milligan, Australian footballer

Ha Seung-jin, South Korean basketball player

Antonio Valencia, Ecuadorean footballer

Mickaël Delage, French cyclist

Bafétimbi Gomis, French footballer

Garrett Weber-Gale, American swimmer

Jacqueline Fernandez, Bahraini–Sri Lankan actress

Christian Gentner, German footballer

Shea Weber, Canadian ice hockey player

Nipsey Hussle, American rapper (died 2019)

Cristin Milioti, American actress

Lindsey Jacobellis, American snowboarder

Kjetil Jansrud, Norwegian skier

Duane Brown, American football player

Richard Duffy, Welsh footballer

Joe Inoue, American singer-songwriter

Leisel Jones, Australian swimmer

Raúl Albiol, Spanish footballer

Walid Mesloub, Algerian footballer

Shaun Livingston, American basketball player

Mirza Teletović, Bosnian basketball player

Alun Wyn Jones, Welsh rugby player

Song Joong-ki, South Korean actor

Nathanael Liminski, German politician

Renee Paquette, Canadian-American television personality

Joba Chamberlain, American baseball player

Chris Johnson, American football player

Cush Jumbo, British actress

Lukáš Kašpar, Czech ice hockey player

Hasan Minhaj, American comedian, actor, and television host

Jonathan Soriano, Spanish footballer

Talulah Riley, English actress

Calvin Johnson, American football player

Michelle Payne, Australian jockey

Adam Cooney, Australian footballer

Nazimuddin Ahmed, Bangladeshi cricketer

Çağlar Birinci, Turkish footballer

Shontelle, Barbadian singer-songwriter

Thorsten Wiedemann, German rugby player

Bruno Mars, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor

Brian Hoyer, American football player

Andrej Meszároš, Slovak ice hockey player

Alexandre Sarnes Negrão, Brazilian racing driver

Alanna Nihell, Irish boxer

Ivan Pernar, Croatian Member of Parliament

Yoenis Céspedes, Cuban baseball player

Andrew Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Andrea Bargnani, Italian basketball player

Kafoumba Coulibaly, Ivorian footballer

Monta Ellis, American basketball player

Kieran Read, New Zealand rugby player

Cal Crutchlow, English motorcycle racer

Ximena Sariñana, Mexican singer-songwriter and actress

Vijender Singh, Indian boxer

Fanny Chmelar, German alpine skier

Danny Amendola, American football player

Kate DeAraugo, Australian singer-songwriter

Annet Mahendru, American actress

Bakary Soumaré, Malian footballer

Asdrúbal Cabrera, Venezuelan baseball player

Viktor An, South Korean speed skater

Julia Alexandratou, Greek model, actress, and singer

Remona Fransen, Dutch pentathlete

Park Soo-jin, South Korean singer

Alison Pill, Canadian actress

Thilo Versick, German footballer

Mike Kostka, Canadian ice hockey player

Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer

Kaley Cuoco, American actress

Hikari Mitsushima, Japanese actress and singer

Chrissy Teigen, American model

Luis Valbuena, Venezuelan baseball player (died 2018)

Nina Ansaroff, American martial artist

László Cseh, Hungarian swimmer

Mike Randolph, American soccer player

Andrew Brackman, American baseball player

Karla Souza, Mexican actress

Pat Calathes, Greek-American basketball player

Andrew Ladd, Canadian ice hockey player

Diogo Fernandes, Brazilian footballer

Stanislav Manolev, Bulgarian footballer

James Nash, English race car driver

Amanda Setton, American actress

Tom Sturridge, English actor

Dev Hynes (also known as Blood Orange and formerly Lightspeed Champion), English singer, songwriter, producer, and composer

Harry Judd, English drummer and songwriter

Alison Sudol, American actress and singer-songwriter

Alexey Dmitriev, German ice hockey player

Martin Mathathi, Kenyan runner

Rusev, Bulgarian-American professional wrestler

Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukrainian politician, 19th Prime Minister of Ukraine

Damir Markota, Croatian basketball player

Lars Boom, Dutch cyclist

Bryson Goodwin, Australian rugby league player

Anna Wood, American actress

Konstantin Chernenko, Russian soldier and politician, Head of State of The Soviet Union (born 1911)

Klaudia Taev, Estonian opera singer and educator (born 1906)